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1 This At-Home Activity Packet is organized as a series of journal entries. Each entry has two parts. In part 1, the student writes in response to a prompt. In part 2, the student completes a Language Handbook lesson and practices the skill in the context of their Writing from part 1. We recommend that the student completes one part each lessons can be completed independently. However, there are some lessons that would benefit from the support of an adult. If there is not an adult available to help, don t worry! Just skip those we are providing an Answer Key, we would like to emphasize that it is effort that matters most, and not how many questions a student gets right or wrong.

2 Encourage the student to do the best they can with this content. The most important thing is that they continue to work on their Writing and Language skills. 2020 Curriculum Associates, LLC. All rights 7 Writing and LanguageTeacher At-Home Activity Packet 3 Flip to see the Grade 7 Writing and Language activities included in this packet!Directions for this packet:Par t 1: Read the Writing prompt. If needed, use the sentence frames to help you get started 2: Complete Guided Practice. Complete Independent Practice. Complete the Try It prompt. 2 Table of ContentsGrade 7 Writing and Language Activities 2020 Curriculum Associates, LLC.

3 All rights 7 Packet 3 EntryWriting PromptResourceAnswer KeyPage1 Part 1 Part 2 Language Handbook, Grade 7 Lesson 1 Phrases and ClausesGuided Practice:1. C, with D written above2. P3. C4. PIndependent Practice:1. D2. A3. A4. C 8 2020 Curriculum Associates, LLC. All rights 7 Packet 3, Entry 1 Journal Entry 1 What is something you have experienced recently that was surprising or unusual? Describe the experience or event and explain what made it interesting or out of the ordinary. PART 1I was surprised when _ because normally, _. Curriculum Associates, LLC Copying is not : comparative and Superlative adjectives and Adverbs223L1: Phrases and Clauses223 1 Before he began his career as an artist, Bearden P C received a degree in After college, he worked as a social worker in P C New York City.

4 3 He studied the works of many European artists, P C including Picasso and Bearden also studied African art and Chinese P C landscape dependent clause often begins with before, after, or until. Phrases can also begin with these words, but phrases cannot have both a subject and a Practice Circle P for phrase or C for clause to identify the underlined group of words in each sentence. Then write D above any dependent Phrases and clauses are groups of words that give specific information in a sentence. A phrase may contain the subject or the predicate of a sentence but never both and sometimes neither. For this reason, a phrase cannot stand :Sentence: The great American artist Romare Bearden was born on September 2, 1:Phrase 1: The great American artist Romare Bearden (contains subject)Phrase 2:Phrase 2: was born (contains predicate)Phrase 3:Phrase 3: on September 2, 1911 (contains neither) A clause contains both a subject and a predicate.

5 An independent clause can stand alone. A dependent (subordinate) clause depends on another clause and cannot stand alone. Sentence:Sentence: Although Bearden was born in North Carolina, his family eventually moved to New York. subject predicate Clause 1:Clause 1: Although BeardenBearden was bornwas born in North Carolina (dependent) subject predicateClause 2:Clause 2: his familyfamily eventually movedmoved to New York (independent)Phrases and ClausesLesson 12 Part 1 Part 2 Language Handbook, Grade 7 Lesson 2 Adjective Phrases and ClausesGuided Practice:1. Clause; arrow points to mistake2. Clause; arrow points to Uncle Nestor3. Phrase; arrow points to clerk4.

6 Phrase; arrow points to word5. Clause; arrow points to flagIndependent Practice:1. B2. C3. B4. A5. D11 2020 Curriculum Associates, LLC. All rights 7 Packet 3, Entry 2 Journal Entry 2 Who is someone you admire or look up to? Describe the person. What qualities do they have that make you respect that person? PART 1I admire _ because _ . Curriculum Associates, LLC Copying is not : comparative and Superlative adjectives and Adverbs225L2: Adjective Phrases and Clauses2251 My uncle told me a funny story about a mistake that he made at a hotel in Paris. 2 Uncle Nestor, whose French is not very good, went to the front desk to ask for an extra blanket.

7 3 The clerk at the desk looked puzzled. 4 It turns out that Uncle Nestor had confused the word for blanket with the word meaning flag. 5 The clerk thought my uncle wanted to wrap himself in a flag, which would not be very warm! HintHintA clause can include several phrases within it. These phrases are often prepositional phrases, which are phrases that often describe the location, direction, or timing of Practice Identify the underlined group of words as an adjective phrase or an adjective clause by Writing phrase or clause on the line. Then draw an arrow from the phrase or clause to the noun it Remember that phrases and clauses are groups of words that give specific information in a sentence.

8 A clause has both a subject and a predicate, while a phrase may have one or the other but not phrases and clauses function like adjectives , modifying a noun or a pronoun in a sentence. An adjective phrase tells which one, what kind, or how many. My uncleuncle from Chilefrom Chile is my mother s little brother. (tells which uncle) An adjective clause also tells which one, what kind, or how many. It usually begins with a relative pronoun, such as who, whose, whom, which, or that. The relative pronoun often serves as the subject of the has a jobjob that takes him all over the worldthat takes him all over the world. (tells what kind of job)Adjective Phrases and ClausesLesson 23 Table of Contents 2020 Curriculum Associates, LLC.

9 All rights 7 Packet 3 Grade 7 Writing and Language Activities (Cont.)EntryWriting PromptResourceAnswer KeyPage3 Part 1 Part 2 Grade 7 Lesson 3 Adverb Phrases and ClausesGuided Practice: 1. touch: how2. moves: when3. dives: where4. scores: why5. over: whenIndependent Practice:1. B2. C3. D4. C14 2020 Curriculum Associates, LLC. All rights 7 Packet 3, Entry 3 What is one activity that you enjoy that you can do outdoors? Imagine explaining the activity to someone who has never heard of it before. What does it involve? What equipment do you need? What makes it fun? Journal Entry 3 PART 1My favorite outdoor activity is _ because it _.

10 Curriculum Associates, LLC Copying is not : comparative and Superlative adjectives and Adverbs227L3: Adverb Phrases and Clauses2271 Goalies are the only players who touch the ball with their hands. 2 As the ball comes toward the goal, the goalie moves quickly. 3 If necessary, the goalie dives onto the ground. 4 Sometimes the other team scores because the ball gets past the goalie. 5 The game is over after two halves of play. HintHintOften an adverb phrase or clause immediately follows the word it modifies, but sometimes other words separate the two. The phrase or clause may also come at the beginning of a sentence, before the modified Practice Circle the word in each sentence that the underlined phrase or clause modifies.